Description.

Writing to the Event log and avoiding the following message can be achieved
by using the following method.

The description for Event ID ( #### ) in Source ( ????????? ) cannot be found. The local computer may not have the necessary registry information or message DLL files to display messages from a remote computer. The following information is part of the event:

Write to the Log.

You should have a look at the MSDN article "The NT EventLog,
Part 1: Meet the API" for an understanding of how events are used.

Pointing to the formatting DLL.

When writing to the Event log you need a file listing the formatting.
For the event view to locate this file put the following into a
*.reg file and add double click on it to install. Don't forget to replace
DamCooland place PrintrakBneLog.dll into System32.
REGEDIT4